Dimensional synthesis of the Delta robot using transmission angle constraintsDimensional synthesis of the Delta robot using transmission angle constraints

Robotica

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 343-349

  Zhang, Limin ^a   Mei, Jiangping ^a   Zhao, Xueman ^a   Huang, Tian ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Design; Dimensional synthesis; Dynamic performance; Parallel robot; Transmission angle

Indexed keywords

ANGLE CONSTRAINT; DELTA ROBOT; DESIGN VARIABLES; DIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS; DIMENSIONAL SYNTHESIS; DRIVING TORQUES; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; GLOBAL DYNAMICS; PARALLEL ROBOTS; PERFORMANCE CONSTRAINTS; TRANSMISSION ANGLE; VOLUME RATIO;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; DESIGN; ROBOTICS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84860518722     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: 14698668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574711000622     Document Type: Article

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